A 49-year-old Rockford man who came to the area reportedly looking to have sex with boys was arrested by Riverside police inside Riverside-Brookfield High School on Saturday morning as he watched a boys swim meet from the bleachers inside the pool area.

More than a month after finding a 52-year-old man inside his Brookfield kitchen dead of a stab wound, police have still not ruled whether they consider the incident a homicide, a suicide or an accident.

On Jan. 2, a resident of the 2300 block of Northgate Avenue, North Riverside, reported that he received a hand-written letter stating, "Can you read English? Whenever Mexicans move in, Police are sure to follow. Mexs are the most ignorant race on the Planet!! Go back where you came from. Your neighbors on Northgate want you all gone!!"

North Riverside police used a Taser to subdue a 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was reportedly at the center of a large disturbance inside the food court at the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on Dec. 26.

A man wearing a brown trench coat and using a black scarf to conceal his face robbed the TCF Bank inside the Jewel-Osco store at 7201 24th St. in North Riverside on Dec. 27, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash.